all a ploy to get back to his former housing unit in order to confront fellow bloods gang member michael batesgation, cruz was assigned to a different unit. bates, a recognized leader of the gang, says he is still baffled by cruz and his allegations. >> i never knew this dude. i don't have no problems with this guy. i never knew him. i don't know who he is. he putting on a big act from back what he used to do. he got it in his mind that he's the person he was 15 years ago and it's not like that. you can't be. you got health, i got health issues too. i got high blood pressure and all that. right now he's gone so there ain't really too much i can say. he's not here to defend himself so i'll leave it at that. he knows when he sees me when we cross paths what got to be done. >> the only person cruz might square off with today is his judge. he's now in a holding cell waiting for transportation to court. where he will be sentenced for drug possession with intent to distribute in a school zone. >> i'm staying close by the door in case there is a way out of this [ bleep ]. >> as the men wait, a group

. >> right now i do believe michael bates is our highest ranking blood member in the

michael cohen. >> you need a fixer. >> what was the guy nixon used to have, they used to have somebody in the clinton campaign? what was that called? bimbo expert. >> played by kath bates>> the bimbo erupter person. you have the guy whose job it is to reconcile donald trump's lifestyle with his campaign for president which requires a lot of fixing. > a lot of fixing. it's not just the stuff we found out about now or it's not just the big stuff. there's a million little things. katie has the perfect example, the perfect metaphor of trying to put your fingers in the dam as everything is breaking. this is an incredible story. >> people say they like -- he's likable. donny deutsch this morning on "joe" was saying he's likable. would he know the overlay of campaign law and what's an implicit campaign contribution to keep something quite and something you do as part of the she's world. >> everybody knows the bakes of campaign finance law in politics. if you have something of value and you don't report it. >> edwards, that case was never resolved. >> it is different in part because of the timing. this is something that happened you know, sort of in the run-up to the election.